Case Study: Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy achieves secure, resilient stadium operations for World Cup Qatar 2022 with Palo Alto Networks

Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy safeguards the World Cup Qatar 2022 tournament

The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy—responsible for delivering the infrastructure and operations for World Cup Qatar 2022, including eight stadiums and 1.5 million attendees—faced the challenge of protecting a complex mix of IT, OT, IoT and guest services while ensuring resilient, high‑performance digital services and a Zero Trust architecture for millions of fans, players, and staff.

They standardized on a unified Palo Alto Networks security portfolio—ML‑powered next‑generation firewalls, cloud‑delivered security services, Cortex XDR and XSOAR, Prisma Cloud, Unit 42 services, and resident engineers—to deliver automated, AI‑driven threat prevention, centralized SOC orchestration, and full cloud and endpoint visibility. The result was world‑class, highly available stadium security that prevented, detected, and responded to threats in real time, streamlined operations through automation, and enabled a safe, uninterrupted World Cup experience.

Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy

Niyas Abudlrahiman

Executive Director